105 There are, of course, many instances of such exaggeration: Apoc. x.
1 f.; Hermas, Sim. ix. 6; 4 Esdras, ii. 43; _Passio Perp._ c. 10.
_ 106 L.c._ p. 70.
107 Cf. Justin, _Apol._ i. 55: _Dial._ lxxxvi. xci.; Irenaeus, _C.
Haer._ ii. 24, 4; v. 17, 3 f. In the _Ev. Nicod._ ii. (Lat. B), in
which the descent is fully treated, Jesus Christ is begged to make
the sign of the cross: “Et factum est ita, posuitque dominus crucem
suam in medio inferni, quae est signum victoriae et usque in
aeternum permanebit” (_Evang. Nicodemi_, Pars ii. Latine B. cap. x.
(xxvi.); Tischendorf, _Evang. Apocr._ 1853, p. 409; _Ep. Barn._ c.
12; Greg. Nyss. _Adv. Jud._ c. 7).
_ 108 Constitt. App._ viii. 12, pp. 259, 13 f.